It is no secret that the fast fashion industry is one of the most polluting in the world and seriously affects climate change. This sector represents approximately 10% of global emissions and almost 20% of wastewater.
The fashion industry needs to make significant changes to protect the climate. And for this reason, sustainable fashion aims to reduce these environmental problems and find a balance between people and our planet.
Sustainable fashion is a movement that aims to ensure that our clothing is made, sold and worn in the most sustainable way possible. He wants to change the industry at every level, from the sourcing of materials to the production and sale of fashion items.
Furthermore, the sustainable fashion movement is not just calling for positive changes for the environment. It also aims to address and resolve all the social aspects of the industry, such as low wages or poor working conditions.
The best of all this is that it is the customers themselves who are asking for a change. Consumers are aware of industry problems and want solutions, so they are asking companies to do their part.
What are the three pillars of sustainable fashion?
- Ethical fashion focuses on human and animal rights.
- Circular fashion consists of good manufacturing practices such as recycling or regeneration.
- Slow fashion or slow fashion represents the opposite pole of fast fashion or fast fashion, thus trying to promote responsible consumption and textile production.
Why does sustainable fashion matter?
Fast fashion or fast fashion is an industry that causes great damage to the planet: it wastes a lot of water, pollutes rivers and generates a lot of waste annually. If this situation does not change, the fashion sector will be responsible for 10% of carbon emissions and will continue to be the sector that uses the second most water in its production chain.
Instead, sustainable fashion does pay full attention to protecting natural resources, reducing pollution and wasting resources. For example, with the production of organic cotton you can save up to 91% of water and produce 46% less CO2 emissions.
About 85% of the textile products produced by the fashion industry end up in landfills, being one of the biggest causes of environmental pollution.
In recent years, interest in and awareness of sustainable fashion has become a very important aspect for consumers. Therefore, if you are thinking of creating your own sustainable clothing brand, you have chosen the right time.
Why it is worth waiting a little longer for an in-demand product
For large fashion companies it is often more profitable to overproduce. However, this leads to overproduction that has devastating environmental consequences, as around 30% of clothing is thrown away without ever being sold.
In our on-demand production model at Salduba Design, you avoid all this waste of resources, since the items are only manufactured when you place your order, contributing with your choice to sustainability and reducing environmental pollution.
Your purchase decision at Salduba Design and your commitment means that your order will take a few more days to arrive, but doing your bit to stop the impact of fast fashion will make it worth it.
Origin of our products
The products we sell with our designs and where they come from are also important to us. To make our supply of products more transparent, we have added a tab with the origin of all the products in our Catalogue, thus including information about the origin of each item.
You can find the Origin tab in each of the products in our Catalog. Please note that some products contain additional information, as well as the most common sustainability practices of the supplier.
You can also find out which sustainability certifications a product has in the tab of all our ECO products.